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A two-month-old video of Neal Stephenson giving a talk at Gresham College on "Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture." (19) #
7/7/2008

Two guys programmed The Rocka-fire Explosion, the animatronic band for Showbiz Pizza (later Chuck E Cheese's), to perform Usher's "Love in this Club." Here's a video of their performance. As a kid, I used to go the Showbiz in southwest Michigan all the time -- the gorilla keyboardist was my favorite. (thx, jesse) (5) #
7/1/2008

Here's a nature chaser after that last post: the music video for Caribou's Irene, one of my favorite tracks from last year. (3) #
5/9/2008

Bob Odenkirk has his own short-form show on Super Deluxe, Derek & Simon: The Show. Why did I have to find this out from Wired magazine? (0) #
4/24/2008

YouTube plants the best April Fools Day prank ever: every one of their featured videos is a rickroll. (2) #
4/1/2008

A video of artist Imogen Heap singing an a cappella version of "Just For Now," doing her own multilayer loop sampling on the fly. I've seen both Jon Brion and Colleen do this in person, and it's very impressive when done well. (thx, phaelam) (1) #
10/19/2007

Guys and Dolls, a documentary about the domestic relationships between men and their Real Dolls. (via waxy) (1) #
8/5/2007

The Whitest official Kanye West music video, ever. Will Oldham makes a good posse of one. And I hadn't heard of Zach Galifianakis before, but the quotes section here is hilarious. (via bb) (2) #
7/25/2007

Video and description of "The Writer," a sophisticated automaton built in 1772 that is able to dip a pen in an inkwell and write up to 40 custom letters on a blank page. (via bb) (7) #
1/17/2007

Spiders on Drugs, but not the way you may've seen before. (thx, gropo) (3) #
1/4/2007

Pitchfork's unranked Top 25 Music Videos of 2006. Many great videos here, some of which I've linked to before, but of the ones I haven't seen, I liked this Basement Jaxx video the best, mostly because I like dancing bears. (1) #
12/14/2006

Sony has been caught faking viral videos to market the PSP, soon after the FTC announced they would be cracking down on such schemes. Read about their shady attempts here. This reminds me of the rumors that New Line was faking some of the Snakes on a Plane user-generated content (without the knowledge of snakesonablog). It may've worked with The Blair Witch Project, but there's definitely a crossable line here. Expect to see a lot more of this sort thing -- the question is, can it or should it be government regulated? (9) #
12/13/2006

"The Sad Song" video by Fredo Viola, created entirely using 15 second jpg movies from a Nikon digital camera. One part video mosaic, one part, er, Ze Frank. (thx, phaelam) (0) #
12/8/2006

Old school Bollywood. Why does he make guttural noises? (via ks) (1) #
9/27/2006

A music video with choreographed dancing on treadmills. It almost looks like they're rollerskating when their walking down several treadmills. (via kottke) (1) #
8/3/2006

Music video for Thom Yorke's "Harrowdown Hill", a song about the mysterious death of UN Weapons Inspector David Kelly. The video uses quite a bit of tilt-shift photography. Update: Seems like YouTube has taken the video down. I'll keep my eyes open for another online copy. Update 2: I've updated the link. Thanks, Ingen. (4) #
8/1/2006

Here's a cheesy cartoon supposedly put out by anti-Mormon Christians explaining the core beliefs of the LDS church. Somewhat exaggerated, methinks. Still, I like how they insist on using the term "the Mormon Jesus." (thx, gropo) (17) #
7/20/2006

Chris Cunningham's latest music video: "Sheena is a Parasite." Perhaps his most conventional video yet, perhaps not. (2) #
7/14/2006

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